The wind and rain were mixed, the trees were shaking, and the speed of the convoy became slower and slower, and the slower the slower the more likely it was to get stuck in the mud. Everyone rescued the car again and again with shovels and wooden boards, and sometimes they even pulled the convoy forward together. Although a lot of obstacles were overcome, everyone knew that their situation had not improved at all.

Maip found Geros, frowned, and shook his head. "You can't continue walking. The road ahead of us to the Boar Castle is a section of uphill, flat and open, without any cover. If a thunderbolt is sent, everyone will be at least halfway through."

"I can see it too." Jeros wiped his face with his big hand, then spit out a sip of water on the ground, and said, "I have seen at least thirty trees shattered by lightning just now, so we can't move forward. There are many metal items in the convoy that will turn into living targets for thunderstorms. What suggestions do you have? Let's camp directly?"

"It's not possible here. The lake to the west is the lowest lying place around, and the place where we stand is the area where many rivers originally flow. I see the rain, it is very likely that new rivers will be created temporarily, and staying here will be washed away."

"Why go back?"

"It's better to go directly to the northeast and head towards the Shixin Town." Maipu spoke while spitting water. Today, everyone in the convoy was full. "The terrain on the east side is high, but it will not be as wide as the boar castle on the north side. It can avoid the risks of thunderstorms and water rises at the same time, which is relatively safe."

"There is no problem from the terrain, but... are we going to the Boar Castle?"

"You have to make an idea," Maip wiped his face and said, "The last time we came to Boar Castle, we didn't lend money. Earl Ball just held a competition, and the market was not very attractive to him."

"Well, I understand what you mean." Geros nodded and said to Maip: "I believe your ability to identify directions and terrain. You should go to the front and move to the northeast with the convoy. Pay attention to avoiding the high ground. I think this thunderstorm is a bit weird. Let's not go to the Boar Fort, but directly towards Lionheart Town. But before that, we'd better find a village to rest."

"The next stop may be the southeast station of Wild Boar Castle, but it may also be Baima Town, which depends on the changes in the rain."

"The station will be better, but I believe in your judgment. Go, I'll take care of the front and back."

A few minutes later, the convoy began to turn and turned right into a relatively narrow path. On one side of the road, many stones originally buried in the soil were washed out by rain, indicating that this place was probably the old river embankment. Along the way, the cars always tilted to one side of the river embankment, and everyone pulled the rope on the other side to save some effort for the horses.

Everyone was very tired, but judging from the rain, it was probably not going to stop for a while. Luciga began to prepare food for everyone. She asked Dagon to raise the pot to his head to block the rain and hide it below to make a simple meal. The last potato cake, fried noodles in the iron box, mash them in the clay pot, and then pour dwarf spirits inside. This spirit is actually a slightly burnt black beer with a stimulating and strong taste, which can easily make the Jiangu people sport their beards and stare. Although it is not sweet enough, it can indeed help with rainy days. Dagon himself tried it.

Soak the grain powder in dwarf spirits, put peat on the outside of the clay pot, and then put a larger clay pot on it, and then you can heat the food while walking. Thanks to Dagon, who has been bent down to support a pot, the wind cannot blow or the rain cannot beat it, giving the peat a space for heating. After only a short while, the aroma of the hot food will be emitted. When the clay pot outside is removed, the peat will gradually fall off, but it also reduces the heating capacity, which simply has a temporary insulation effect.

Luciga tasted the temperature, then put a large spoon in Dagon's mouth. The food was just warm and tasted mellow, and it could definitely fill the stomach. It was just very sticky and it had to mix rainwater to swallow. Dagon held the pot, and there was no rainwater, so he had to work slowly and work hard and take a longer time to solve it.

The two dwarves gave each of the convoy a bite, which greatly boosted morale and helped everyone to recover some strength. After the meal, Dagon continued to serve the pot, and Luciga prepared food for the horses. Whether it was grass or hay, it was meaningless at this time. Only food, eggs and some wine (?) could restore the most important livestock in the convoy.

"This horse eats better than mine." Dagon held the pot and looked at Luciga as he fed each horse a few bites.

"They do more work than you, and they should eat better than you." Luciga laughed and said, "Why don't you go and pull the cart?"

Dagonko pulled the cart without driving, and he was very tired when he kept holding the pot to fight the wind and rain. It was ten times more difficult to pull the cart than this. Just as the horses were busy eating, a flash of lightning illuminated their right. Only then did everyone find that the old river embankment had formed a boiling stream of water, rushing towards them behind them.

They are safe now, and the place they once stayed is absolutely dangerous. At this time, the strong winds gradually stopped and the rain became less, but lightning is getting more and more dense, and more frequently attacking the high slope on the left side of their path.

On the right is a river bank that can discharge floods, and on the left is a gentle low slope. The trees on the top of the slope attracted at least dozens of lightning attacks. Under the leadership of Maip, they gradually moved away from dangerous low-lying areas with the help of this terrain protection. But as long as the rain continued, they did not dare to stop.

"Why is this damn thunderstorm endlessly falling?" Jeros looked up at the sky. The black clouds that could not be illuminated by lightning were still heavy, showing great subsequent power. After years of hard work on this trade road, Jeros had never seen such rain, and he had never heard of it. He began to suspect that this was not a natural phenomenon, but a certain magic power was playing a role behind it.

In the convoy, Dagon's whole body was soaked, and even the beard rings could not protect their beard in such heavy rain. They were all attached to their chests. Star helmet changed a place and climbed back to Dagon's head, where there was a rain-proof hat. It was inevitable that moisture was as long as you didn't need to take a bath. Everyone in the team was uncomfortable, and there was no other way except gritting their teeth and enduring it.

A whistle suddenly sounded in the rushing rain, one long, two short, and then two short. This was Tess's warning whistle. Dagon didn't know what it meant, but as everyone looked to the left, he followed suit. With the brief illumination of lightning, he saw more than a dozen strong bulls appearing on the slope. They were crowded together in a panic, with the horns colliding with each other, their hooves rubbing and slipping on the ground, and at the same time, they looked at the convoy with vigilant eyes.

"Where did the original cows come out? Is it probably the bull pen that was blown up?" Jeros made someone pass the message in both directions in front and back at the same time from the middle of the team: "Don't disturb them, there is no need."

It would be great if the thunder clouds in the sky could hear this. A cow raised his head, and its tall horns swayed and threw out the rain, and a thick lightning flashed down. In just a blink of an eye, there was no time to react. The three cows fell straight to the ground, four or five cows wailed and staggered, and the remaining cows were panicked and ran around in all directions.

The lightning was too close, and everyone hurriedly grabbed the horses and stabilized the car, and had no remaining energy to see the cows. Fortunately, the running cows did not rush down the slope, and the convoy was not affected.

"Sosure the horse! Check the lamp oil for the lantern. I guess the rain won't stop after dark!" Jerous had to shout loudly to let the sound penetrate the rain curtain, but the volume of his exclamation next could no longer be described as a normal human: "Dagon! What are you doing?!"

Everyone was startled, as was Dagon. He stepped on the mud-skinned boots under his feet, and he didn't feel slippery when climbing the gentle slope. Among the three original cattle that were struck by lightning, one of them was a calf, which was not big and could be dragged. Hearing Geros' scream, he sat directly on the ground. He dragged the cow's legs in his hand and slid down the hillside.

"You don't want to die! You can't go to high places or open land, you will be struck by lightning!" Jeros raised his hand and wanted to slap Dagon in the face. Suddenly he remembered that Dagon was not a member of the Golden Dog Chamber of Commerce, so he changed his palm to a fist and punched Dagon hard in the chest. "Follow the team, you can't leave! You can't leave!"

"A cow is delicious." Dagon patted the mud on his butt. Whether it was a fall or a hammer, he felt it didn't hurt, it was just warm. "The other two are too big, one person can't drag it down and there is no place to put it. I see that this body is just right. I just ate beef, and this is delicious!"

"We all know that it's delicious, but it's so important! I'm dead, what to eat! I won't be like this in the future!" Geros shook his head, rolled his eyes, and then said, "There are all cargoes tied to the car, where can I put this cow?"

"Let me go, where I sleep. If you have four legs facing the sky, you can let go. I can cut it open quickly and eat meat when the rain stops." Dagon looked at the cow and said, "It seems that some parts are already cooked and I can smell it."

"You're going to cut the cow? Have you cut the cow..." Geros turned around and shouted: "Tess, show this dwarf prince how to deal with prey! Give me the whistle and I'll take your shift."

The half-elf woman nodded, stuffed the whistle into Geros' mouth without saying a word, and then gave instructions with her eyes. She and Dagon tried hard, lifted their legs one by one, and took advantage of the slower speed of the convoy to throw the cow into the tent.

There was a lot of things inside, so Dagon went in to sort them out, and Tess began to deal with the cattle struck by lightning. The powerful lightning killed the calf in an instant. If it weren't for the more moisture in the body, it would have burned like those trees.

The cow's body, neck and two front legs are already cooked, or it is already muddy, and it keeps emitting a pleasant aroma. Tess takes out a knife to scrape off the surface, cuts a piece of meat, puts it carefully in his mouth and chews, and then nods. "Dwarf Prince, have you ever eaten a cow cooked with lightning?"

"Of course not. This is the first time I have seen rain and thunder!"

"The unowned prey you risk bringing back will be rewarded according to the rules of the convoy. The prize is the best part of the prey. Although it is impossible to cook it in the fire now, I can cash out this reward for you."

Tess said, stabbing a knife into the cow's eye socket and cutting off the entire cow's eye. "This can be eaten raw, but Thunder has cooked it. Look, it's still steaming, and it's all formed by the liquid bursting out and boiling and evaporating. Come, let's crunch and chew hard, and the remaining blood can be spit out."

Dagon took the eyeball, put it into his mouth, and chewed it. He had eaten crab fishing for the hole, the big trumpet lizard, and many spiders, gophers and other creatures that often appear underground. Compared to those, these original cattle may still be raised.

"Okay, the dwarf prince has a good teeth." Tess said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll give you a liver later, and the reward will be over. Everyone will share the rest equally, are you okay?"
Chapter completed!